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A Maine couple used their pickup truck to save a moose calf from a charging bear during a routine fishing trip Thursday, helping reunite the young animal with its mother.Todd Malcolm told The Associated Press he believed the bear would catch the calf unless he intervened.”I knew what I had to do and I just did it,” Malcolm said.WOMAN STALKED BY CHARGING BEAR ON MORNING DOG WALK CAPTURES TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER ON CAMERAThe encounter began when Todd and Elvia Malcolm spotted a female moose near the edge of the woods in Telos Township, Maine, and pulled over hoping to snap a photo.”I said to Elvia, I said, ‘Grab your phone because you’re going to get a chance to get a picture of a moose,’” Todd Malcolm said.After parking their truck, the couple noticed the moose appeared unusually agitated — and, as it turned out, for good reason.TWO HIKERS CAPTURE TERRIFYING VIDEO OF CHARGING GRIZZLY BEARS AT GLACIER NATIONAL PARKMoments later, a bear and the moose calf burst from the woods and sprinted directly toward their truck, they told the AP.Todd Malcolm said he was convinced the bear would catch the vulnerable calf and decided to intervene.”I put the truck in drive and I just stepped on the gas,” he said.CALIFORNIA COUPLE FIGHTS OFF 70-POUND BLACK BEAR WITH HATCHET AND WATER BOTTLE OUTSIDE THEIR HOMEMalcolm said he didn’t want to hurt the bear and only intended to put the truck between the predator and the calf.His plan worked, and the bear darted to the side of the road before disappearing back into the woods.”Boom, gone, right in the woods,” he said.The ordeal was just as nerve-racking for Elvia Malcolm.”My heart was racing because I did not want to witness the bear catching the calf,” she told the AP. “As soon as the calf got past the truck and we were able to get the bear to give up the chase, I looked up the road and saw that they were together, the mom and the calf.”Despite the chaos, Elvia Malcolm said she still managed to capture several photographs of the dramatic encounter.”I really thought I probably got like a bug on the windshield when I started to look at them,” she said. “I took them through the front windshield of the truck. I wasn’t outside the truck. No way was I getting outside the truck.”The couple later continued their fishing trip after watching the moose calf reunite with its mother.

A New Orleans grand jury on Thursday indicted Republican Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on charges including intimidation and malfeasance, accusing the state’s top law enforcement officer of threatening local officials during a high-profile political dispute over the Orleans Parish criminal court clerk’s office.The 16-count indictment accuses Louisiana’s first female attorney general of threatening local officials with removal from office if they proceeded with actions she believed violated state law.Assistant District Attorney Laurie White, who is prosecuting the case, said Thursday she expects it to be “very simple” and “very open and shut.”INDICTED SPLC CHIEF FACES HOUSE GRILLING OVER ALLEGED SECRET PAYMENTS TO KKK MEMBERSMurrill responded in a post on X, calling the indictment “retaliatory, meritless, and unconstitutional” and saying she would immediately appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court.”I will not back down,” Murrill wrote. “I will continue enforcing the law, fighting corruption, and doing the job the people of Louisiana elected me to do.”Republican Gov. Jeff Landry also defended Murrill, saying he would pardon her “as fast as the law allows.”NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR DEMANDS FEDERAL REPARATIONS AFTER ACCUSING DEA OF FUELING STATE’S FENTANYL CRISISLandry said Murrill “will not have to worry about having her reputation tarnished by this kangaroo grand jury or the Orleans Kangaroo court.””The criminal justice system is a circus at its finest in Orleans and we will not have any of that!” he added.In a follow-up post, Landry called for an investigation into the grand jury proceedings.NEW MEXICO AG LAUNCHES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO DEA OVER ALLEGATIONS AGENTS LET FENTANYL FLOOD STATE”Based on the information contained in the motion by @AGLizMurrill, I am ordering the State Police to immediately begin investigating the alleged improprieties of this grand jury and those who ran it!”The indictment stems from a months-long dispute between state leaders and New Orleans officials over the Orleans Parish criminal court clerk’s office.At Landry’s urging, Louisiana lawmakers approved a Republican-backed overhaul that eliminated the elected Orleans Parish criminal court clerk position after Calvin Duncan, a man who spent nearly three decades in prison before his conviction was overturned, won the office. The law transferred the position’s duties to the parish’s civil court clerk, preventing Duncan from taking office.After New Orleans officials sought to install Duncan or create a path for him to assume the office, Murrill warned they could face removal under Louisiana’s “usurper” laws, which prohibit support for an unauthorized officeholder. Prosecutors allege those warnings formed the basis of the criminal charges against her.”We’re very interested in elected officials in New Orleans not being intimidated or threatened by letter or any other way,” White told reporters after the indictment was unsealed.Bond for Murrill was set at $400,000 on Thursday, according to court records.Fox News Digital has reached out to Murrill’s office for additional comment.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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What England Can Teach Us About ‘Democratic Socialism’

Authored by Stephen Moore via The Epoch Times,

If you want to see modern-day socialism in action, look no further than to the other side of the pond at not-so-jolly old England. The story of Britain’s decline is a warning signal to those here in the States who are thrilled by the warm embrace of socialism.

Right now, the Brits are having the same debate about the merits of socialism as we are in our major cities and blue states. In England, the Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the Labour Party is out. But instead of turning to the right, it appears the UK will swerve further to the collective ownership of the left. Andy Burnham—the former socialist mayor of Manchester—is next in line. God save the queen.

As Greg Ip of The Wall Street Journal reports, “Burnham’s socialism is the real deal. He wants the state to control more of the means of production. … (H)e advocates public ownership of water, housing, energy and transportation.”

Burnham calls it “business-friendly socialism.”

Sure.

That will make the trains run on time.

What short memories.

After World War II, the Brits experimented with creeping socialism for more than three decades. The Labour Party handed over to public bureaucrats and unions the means of production: the Bank of England, the coal mines, the airlines, iron, steel, and phone service, to name a few. Prices soared, nothing worked, unemployment lines lengthened, and the Brits got a lot poorer.

Britain’s share of world output fell by half, from more than 10 percent to less than 5 percent. About the only thing Britain had going for it was four lads from Liverpool called the Beatles, who singlehandedly brought deep pride back and caused a mini-stimulus. But in the 1970s, the downturn worsened.

We interrupt this story with the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979. She saved the kingdom by slashing taxes and privatizing everything she could get her hands on. It was the precursor to Reaganomics.

That didn’t last long. Now it’s Thatcherism in reverse—just as the left in America wants to reverse the Reagan and Trump legacies of deregulation, lower taxes, and sound money.

What seems to be driving this leap toward “democratic socialism” on both sides of the Atlantic is a middle-class fury over inflation. The idea of free food, housing, child care, and health care is alluring.

But prices have risen not because of a failure of capitalism. It was mostly caused by massive money printing, widespread shutdowns of private industry, retail businesses and schools, and stay-at-home orders during COVID-19. Government became the provider, and the leap forward in state expenditures was never entirely extinguished.

In both the United States and in England, the “affordability crisis” is mostly in government-owned, government-operated, or heavily regulated businesses. In the U.S., that’s health care, education, and college tuition. In Britain, it’s those industries plus energy, housing, and child care.

There is an infestation of socialism in Britain that has sucked the dynamic and wealth-producing spirit out of the UK.

We need a socialism vaccine in America.

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Fri, 07/03/2026 – 05:30

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Shortly after urging city residents to scale back their air conditioning use to reduce strain on the power grid, socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani warned older residents to be mindful of prolonged summer heat.”If you have an older loved one, friend or neighbor, check in with them today. Make sure they’re staying hydrated, spending time in the air-conditioned spaces whenever possible and know where to find the nearest cooling center,” Mamdani wrote in a post to X.It didn’t take long for the reactions online to point out the clashing sets of instructions.”You just told old people to keep their air at 78. Are you on drugs?” Gina Milan, a conservative media personality, wrote in a post to social media.”Mamdani: Older adults are at greater risk for heat-related illness, especially during prolonged periods of extreme heat. Also Mamdani: set your AC to 78 degrees,” another observer wrote.MAMDANI CLAIMS DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS CAN WIN ‘ANYWHERE’ AS DEMOCRATS FEUD OVER PARTY’S FUTURE”How does he expect these older adults to stay cool if he wants them to keep their thermostat at 78?” another user wrote.Social media users continue to monitor Mamdani’s online directives and his policies as the self-proclaimed socialist navigates the realities of implementing many of his campaign promises.In the lead-up to his mayoral victory in November, Mamdani claimed that quality of life could not be separated from reactions to climate change.”Climate and quality of life are not two separate concerns. They are, in fact, one and the same,” Mamdani said in an interview with the Nation last year, proposing new school infrastructure that would serve as shelters during extreme heat waves.However, Mamdani noted earlier this week that the city’s existing infrastructure was struggling with capacity, asking residents to cap their AC units at 78 degrees.SOCIALISM VS CAPITALISM: HOUSE DEMS CLASH OVER WHAT NY ELECTION RESULTS MEAN FOR PARTY”New York: it’s hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool,” Mamdani posted on X.The request is a part of a series of other measures the city is deploying to counter the heat, including Cooling Outreach On-Location (COOL) vans, extending poor hours and an additional eight cooling centers through sites such as libraries.”Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you’re not using, and unplug what you can. Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment. A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved. Let’s ease demand — and get through the heat — together.”Conservatives expressed skepticism of the plan.”Show us your thermostat, commie,” reality TV star and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt posted on X.FAMOUS LANDMARKS SLASH VISITING HOURS AS DEADLY HEAT WAVE THREATENS TOURISTSNotably, one observer on X pointed out that Republican New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani had issued similar instructions in 1999, citing an archived press release.According to the New York Mayoral Office, the city is predicting a heat wave that could reach up to 112, calling it “historic,” in a press release on Wednesday.